right now, it's still warm. 80 in sanford. 78 right now in leesburg. over in daytona beach, almost officially the start of bike week, we're at 76 and 75 right now in ocala. the on-the-town forecast for the evening is mild. 71 degrees by 8:00. by 10:00, 68. come the 11:00 hour, we'll all be getting back together with a reading of 66. we'll pinpoint the overnight lows and the arrival of the rain in minutes. >> ginger: tom, we'll see you in a few. thank you. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. just search wkmg in your app store. >>> we continue to follow breaking news right now at 5:30. this is a live look from sky 6 over what appears to be a bad rollover crash in cocoa. fire/rescue says at least three people involved and two of them are trapped. according to the brevard fire/rescue twitter page, there is at least one trauma alert and a medical helicopter has been called to the scene. a viewer called and tells us that this is happening near the intersection of juarno road and

manassas, leesburg, winchester is lighter south and west. the winds will stay up to 10 and 12 miles per hour tonight. they will diminish a bit. look at the temperatures falling to 39 in columbus. 46 in charleston, west virginia. 41 in pittsburgh. colder air on the way pushing the warm air out of the way. some numbers are cooler. 60 degrees. plenty of sunshine. areas of the light cloudiness clearing out tonight. it will be cooler. we will have a lot of sunshine. getting through the afternoon and the evening hours, cloudiness will pick winds off the atlantic ocean. if you going to the white house, period of rain in the forecast. 43 early tomorrow. climbing to 61 with the sunshine. rain on monday. clearing skies and we will start a warming trend the end of next week. maureen: thank you, doug. sweet 16 underway. u.v.a. will make a showing. see how they did in chicago tonight. maureen: go to robert burton who is there. leon: hey, robert. robert: we are in chicago where i hate to say it, things could get dicey for u.v.a. we talk about why that is

same in leesburg. 83 still in orlando. the onshore flow though is keeping things mild up and down the coastline. all you guys are in the mid to upper 70's. wind speeds are moving in, pumping in the heat across central florida. southeast. let's pinpoint and break down what you can expect throughout the next few hours on our clouds and rain forecast. not much in the rain department. looking mostly dry. a mix of sun and clouds for your friday and into saturday. you can see models picking up a little bit in the way of rain early saturday morning. i'm not buying as much rain, but we will bring the rain chances up to 20 to 30%. your sunday. be aware of that as you make your outdoor plans. getting ready for work and school tomorrow, heading out the door, temperatures 60 degrees in new smyrna beach. 61 in daytona beach. for tomorrow morning, 62 in orlando. about 61 in sanford. further north, 58 in ocala. 61 for you in leesburg. 67 in cocoa, titusville overnight low of 62. looking at the out of town forecast for tonight, about 6, 7

the wind gust a few minutes ago gusting to 30 miles per hour in manassas and leesburg. 31 in leesburg an the tower at andrews air force base. the winds will diminish a little bit tonight. 29 to 37. it will be plenty cold. but then temperatures stay above 32 degrees. as far as the storminess. there are snowshowers across pennsylvania. and new york state. there is the snow, which is quickly moving out of new england. weather will improve. temperatures will. we will climb to 60 tomorrow. with plenty of sunshine. but it will be breezy at times. we look ahead for the rest of the week and the weekend in a couple of minutes. jonathan: looking forward to it. thanks. local company trying to up the ante in a bid to buy a major hotel chain. >> i thought the whole plane was going to go up in flames. michelle: a scare in midair prompts the f.a.a. to rethink the safety of some phones in flight. jonathan: later for us, in my next life when i come back i want to to be riding on the coat tail of the men. jonathan: did you hear what he said after the weekend? reaction after the man in the most popular

late may early june for temperatures. 61 in leesburg and 63 in culpepper. day planner looks like this. 50s to start briefly. and then 60s at 11 and 75 at 1:00. thursday, record warm possible. 80s and then showers primarily early on friday. upper 60s cooler and then that same front that goes south of friday goes back to the north of us on saturday. so afternoon showers possible saturday. and bisects the metro sunday and monday. possible storms for monday. in the 60s, not wash out days and a small price to pay for thursday. >>> great forecast. we will take it. >> thank you. >>> well the smell of fear is in the air as everyone fears the snow. >> hopefully they had the big 10 tournament. >> other schools are getting ready including gw. getting set to go to brooklyn for the a1 ♪ ♪ as long as you love me, anyit's alright. ♪e. ♪ ♪ bend me shape me, any way you want me. ♪ shape the best sleep of your life. sleep number beds with sleepiq technology adjust any way you want it. the bed that moves you. only at a sleep number store. i do everything on the in

low 80s across lake county, 84 clermont and 82 leesburg. we will see more 80s in spots. a lot of 70s yesterday in lake low 80s through seminole county committee to longwood, 83 into winter spring and tonight we will see the fog forming with temperatures around 63 degrees. we will track when temperatures could get close to 90 degrees. 5:10 am deneige. >> on the roads we will see construction that could commuting. i 4, lee road, eastbound by roadwork. live traffic tracker, a couple other spots. turnpike, southbound, before osceola parkway, one lane blocked for 17 southbound, narcoossee road, one lane blocked. >>> lots of people are working on tax returns. the new research showing what happens to people who call or write the irs for help. >>> cyber criminals stole private information of hotel visitors for two years. >>> rotting wood, old, cracked stucco. what orange county is doing to get a put more fun in your day with ice-cream-flavored coffees at dunkin' donuts. go for delicious flavors like butter pecan, cookie dough, or new pistachio. enjoy one today. the bigger the bu

by 3:00 upper 70s down, leesburg and the sunshine returns for a while. we will track storms affecting the evening commute and the weekend. first weekend in april may not feel like it. >> all right, top. >>> just a day after metro board members jack evans made headlines saying the system could shut down entire rail lines up to six months, metro's gm said no decisions have been made. today evans said he just wanted to hit home the fact that the rail line needs funding. a group of senate democrats is urging lawmakers to set aside $150 million for transit systems 2017 fiscal budget. a six-month rail shut down would change their daily lives. >> that would be else. a lot of people in bad shape. >> reporter: metro's gm says there will be ample notice to riders and businesses if there is a service change. >>> right now turning our attention to the latest from the campaign trail, donald trump quickly back tracked after his controversial comments about women that get abortions. as weijia jiang reports, that's not stopping the critics from hammering him. >> reporte

current temperatures, 77 in ocala. 80 in leesburg. 83 in orlando. the on-the-town forecast for tonight within the hour when the sun goes down, partly cloudy, 77. 9:00, 75. and the 10:00 hour, 73. i'll be right back and pinpoint overnight lows tonight and the heat is back for tomorrow. >> ginger: tom, thank you. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. just search wkmg in your app store. >> lisa: well a strange mishap at gun range sent six people to the hospital. >> julie: hear what went wrong, in minutes. also a family's emotional plea after a middle schooler's life what school leaders are doing to help his classmates. >> ginger: plus a mcdonald's so large, they're calling it epic. why one of i-drive's oldest landmarks is now one of its news evident. >> lisa: we're getting results in palm coast, and all of central florida here on news 6 at 7:00 and the news 6 app. >> he was a child. you had no business taking him from us. >> it was very alerting. >> tonight a family is plead

. >>> leesburg police are looking for two people involved in a fight near leesburg high school. it captured the fight that happened this week, and several other videos have been posted to social media. the aunt of one of the teenagers told us an adult showed up and joined in, instead of trying to stop it. >> you've got grown women who outweigh her 100 pounds kicking her in the face. i mean, it's hard to watch. >> police say at least four juveniles and one adult will likely face charges. the school to try and prevent another fight from happening. >>> orange county school administrators say more security will be added to a middle school when students return to spring break. it all stems from this fight at maitland middle school. a parent told us the same thing is happening at lockhart middle school. this is video of a fight at that school. the parents says her son has been attacked several times and other parents say they're having trouble getting answers from school leaders about what's being done to stop the fights. >> even when you make it clear you're not satisfied with the sc

of orlando. 9-mile-an-hour wind blowing in at leesburg. a 13-mile-an-hour wind in the villages, 8 in orlando and 10 in cocoa beach and 9 in new smyrna beach. strongest wind i have right now is 14 miles per hour right now in daytona beach. all the wind is forcing in the heat, pinning in the east coast sea breeze. normally if this were any other day, the wind were coming from somewhere else, the east coast sea breeze would have brought some relief and temperatures would be much more varied and instead of everyone being in the upper 80's. satellite and radar together showing you how nice and dry we are. cleaned up from here, up the atlantic coast, north of raleigh before you see any moisture at all. back to the west, nothing doing. so what's happening? it's this dry air aloft that's gobbled up all of our moisture. we have clouds, bright stuff here, blue and white from dallas to houston, all the way down to brownsville. that's moisture that's beginning to rebuild in the atmosphere over the gulf of mexico. so in the coming 24 to 48 hours, our c

so all is goes with 76 in leesburg. palm coast 69 and 76 in melbourne. here' s what we expect for tonight. temperatures are going to be pleasant and in the 50s. here' s your 7 day forecast. and as you can see we have sunny, dry, nice. you know what, we' re going to keep that in the weather picture throughout but thursday, 84 . >> warming up! thanks so much. still to come, making himself at home on planet earth and now about his time in space. what he says about his mission moving forward next. >>> but first get those tickets out. here' s the look at the winning numbers from last night' s florida lottery drawings. good luck. test text1 plain cc1 test message test text1 underline test text1 italics test text1 plain cc1 test message test text1 underline test text1 italics test text1 plain cc1 test message test text1 underline test tex your body is a finely tuned instrument. diarrhea can throw it out of rhythm. imodium multi symptom relief combines two powerful ingredients to relieve diarrhea faster and ease gas, cramps and bloating. restore rhythm with imod

a bit further north, about 58 degrees in ocala. 63 in leesburg. in brevard, 68 in cocoa beach and out in kissimmee, about 60 degrees. let's take you hour by hour, by 8:00, 76 degrees. by 10 p.m., just a few clouds around. let's check out the hour-by-hour forecast for tomorrow. we'll be warming right back up to 86 degrees for tomorrow. should stay mostly dry, only a slight chance for rain. as we look at the planning forecast, not only will we see a better chance for rain, we'll lose an hour of sleep sunday morning. don't forget about that. if not, you'll be late to all your events on sunday. slight chance of 10 to 20% next week but staying above average. we're starting to see the 80's sticking around a little longer so it looks like the end to winter. >> ginger: thank you, candace. still ahead at 5:30, see what happens when a third grade class teacher collapses in the middle of the lesson and why the students are being recognized for it. >> matt: and it takes special machinery to transport dozens of elephants overseas. find out why all the pachyder

that's what the weather looked like in most spots from leesburg. thank you so much >> download storm pins right now in your app store. we'd like to see what you're seeing in central florida. look at that. nashville at 69 degrees. 68 in atlanta. 70 in pensacola and 72 in jacksonville right now. 72 also in palm coast. 71 does it in daytona beach. we've got a stream of 75's from orlando to kissimmee and right now in cocoa beach. wind speed and direction helping tell the whole story today. wind is from the east at 12 miles per hour, new smyrna beach. 15 in orlando. 12-mile-an-hour wind in the villages and 13 right now in melbourne. satellite and radar together. there's not a lot of cloud cover. you know it's not going to be a bunch of rain. the cold front is near dallas, texas tonight, down to houston, rumbling across the interior part of the country. it's going to be five days until we have a really good chance for rain. we'll have the onshore flow. it will remain breezy. cloud cover will build up along the coast. you'll see more clouds the closer you

temperature readings, we're at 79 in palm coast. 79 in leesburg. still 81 in the villages. 78 in orlando and 80 in sanford. the on-the-town forecast for tonight, what can i tell you, it couldn't be better. a mild evening out there. we'll be down to 68 degrees by 9:00. 10:00, 67. by 11 p.m. tonight, down to 66 degrees. coming up, i'll take you hour by hour into the night. we'll pinpoint your overnight lows and then we'll talk about a warmer day tomorrow and i'll look ahead all the way to your weekend. >> lisa: thank you, tom. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. just search wkmg in your app store. >>> remembering a local college graduate, killed in the line of duty. >> matt: next at 5:00, the emotional service honoring the sacrifice of an officer killed on her first day at work. space history. rotisserie-style chicken raised without antibiotics? it's what we do. that same chicken pulled by hand? it's what we do. freshly-baked bread and crisp veggies? it's what we've alwa

right now, it is 60 in leesburg. 65 in orlando. 67 at cocoa beach. we'll see more of the cooler air working in. then we'll rebound quickly through the day. getting up to 75 at noon. up to 79 at 4:00 today. staying dry, clearing those skies out after starting out with clouds this morning. what about the rest of the weekend? we have bike week. we have the soccer game on friday -- on sunday. we'll talk more about the changes and the forecast straight ahead. let's check on the roads with amy in the napleton traffic center. how could i forget it is friday. >> i was going to say, it is friday. come on. going to be a nice friday. we are dealing with a few puddles beginning to dry out. didn't cause any big issues. we are traveling past them very nicely. westbound and eastbound on i-4, moving through. the busy stretch. it is still early for that. i did want to take you to i-95, this is by stuck way road. we have construction barrels that is blocking off one travel lane. most construction is no longer a factor. just a couple of minor accidents. those are well

cool like we saw early yesterday. 86 in ocala. 62 in leesburg. 56 in orlando. 50 in daytona beach. 57 in melbourne. area wide, cool enough for at least a light jacket. there's the clouds and rain forecast, white indicating cloud cover. clouds into the afternoon and evening. then changes tomorrow. a new front comes in quickly and with minimal rain, only a few quick moving showers by 6:00 in the morning tomorrow and then they are out. it is not going to be one of those things that causes a lot of trouble for the drive to work. a few quick movers and then they are out of here and we see more sunshine for tomorrow afternoon. 82 in sanford and in orlando. 81 in leesburg p. 80 in tony blair as well as cocoa beach. coming up, we'll take you through the rest of the week. we only have another a couple of days. we'll show you the official bike week forecast. amy talking about some construction on a thursday. >> a lot of construction on the roads. the reason they do overnight is because a few cars on the roads. it didn't equal huge delays. the area of i-4 as you travel between princeton and if y

we are at 48 degrees right now in the villages. 43 in ocala. 52 at leesburg. 56 at melbourne, along the coast, the low and mid 50's in brevard and volusia county, including, new smyrna beach. you'll need a jacket there heading out the door. into the day today, we break it down with the clouds and rain forecast. watch the clock. do you see much in the way of white? no, white would indicate cloud cover. for the most part, we'll be looking good and clear. we'll see a few clouds off and on. look at afternoon high temperatures, where you live today, by 4:00, we warm all the way up to 80 degrees in daytona beach. 81 in leesburg. 80 in the villages. 78 in melbourne. just a touch cooler along the coast. we'll continue with these warm temperatures, we'll talk more about when you can expect rain chances, if any, as well as just how much warmer we'll continue to go in the next few days. head over to amy with breaking traffic news news. it is too early for that. >> we have a traffic alert. a deadly accident. we are in the investigation phase. the southbound lanes have been closed by pineda causeway

warming to 78 in orlando. 77 in ocala. 78 in the villages. 77 in leesburg. along the coast, temperatures just a little bit cooler, if you can call it that. 7 in cocoa beach. 76 in melbourne. coming up, whether you can expect rain for the next several days as we take you to the end let's check on the roads in the napleton traffic center. >> on a monday morning, want to start things off on the right foot. traveling i-95, that is going to be a good ride. northbound, no delays out there. at taylor road to i-4. 40 to i-4, looking just fine. i-4 itself and a lot of local access roads, we have a lot of construction, especially around west colonial. there are detours but i would still allow between a 5 and 10 minutes. looblgdz outside, you can see construction barrels. i-4 over by kaley avenue. that is your first check on trafg. we'll keep you updated throughout the morning with another check coming up in a couple of minutes. first your morning news begins right now. >>> a local family opens up about the gunman who shot at their home. >> the hunt is on for a gunman

leesburg, 79. ocala, 79. 77 did it today in daytona beach. brevard county, 75 from the cape to 76 in cocoa beach. right now, in daytona beach is standing by with a reading of 74 degrees. 79 from leesburg to ocala to gainesville. still 77 in orlando and 75 in melbourne. i want you to see the satellite and radar together here. we've got a little bit of cloud cover today but it didn't produce any rain. we're not looking for any big scattered showers just yet. there's the stormness building in the nation's interior but it's not coming to us until friday, at the earliest. big area of high pressure is the big dominant weather for us. it's providing a lot of dry air in place. with that happening, it's not looking for much. a little bit of cloud cover builds during the day tomorrow. the humidity is on the way back up. so tomorrow, it creeps back up a little bit more. on wednesday, thursday and into friday. eventually we'll get scattered thursday's another warm, beautiful day. overnight lows tonight, we'll be talking about temperatures dropping down t

leesburg tonight checks in here at news time with a reading of 79 degrees. wind is from the west-southwest at 8 miles per hour. on-the-town forecast coming up. we'll drop to 71 by 8:00. 67 by 10:00. and by the 11:00 newscast, we'll all be getting back together again. the reading will be 66 degrees. i'll be back. and talk about another warm day tomorrow and what kind of rain chance you're looking at for your wednesday. >> matt: tom, thank you. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. just search wkmg in your app store. >>> breaking right now at 5:30, a serious crash near christmas has shut down east colonial in both directions, just past state road 520. two cars were involved. and a medical helicopter is expected to get to that scene soon. right now, no word on what caused the crash. but we're checking on the condition of the people in the cars. we are seeing some major traffic issues near there. so avoid the area if you can. we'll bring you updates as we get them in. >>> volusia coun

. >>> police are trying to find the people involved in a big fight near leesburg high school. this brawl happened earlier this week as school was letting out. since then several videos have been posted on social media. the family members of one teen involved in the fight told us adults even showed up and join in the fight. instead of trying to stop it. >> you have grown women who outweigh her by 100 pounds kicking her in the face. it is hard to watch. >> police say after reviewing the video at least four juveniles and one adult will likely face charges. they also stepped up patrols around the school fight. back another school fight caught in camera is forcing orange county school administrators to add extra security when spring breaks in because of this by between two students in the school yard. different orange county school says the same problem is happening at their child's school. here is video of students fighting @ la carte middle. paris has her son has been attacked several times in other fights at the school. now several other parents say they're having trouble gettin

those two things combined help keep the temperatures on the warmer side. 56 for washington. 52 leesburg. we are heading to the 70s. enjoy it. lots of 70s for your lunch hour. >> good morning. if you are traveling northbound on i-95 i want when you get between seminary road and king street that exit ramp will be closed. take little river turnpike and work northbound. up over the key bridge a smooth ride traveling between rosslyn and georgetown. weather and traffic are back shortly. >>> a huge manhunt is underway following the brussels attack. police are looking for evidence and suspects in the explosions at an apartment and on the sway train. >> they released a photo taken at the airport of three suspects. the one on the far right is believed to have survived the bombing. 31 people were killed. 10 -- over 100 hurt. isis is taking credit for the attacks and promising there are more to come. >>> former toronto mayor rob ford has died of cancer. he was stripped of his political powers but voters later chose him to return to public office. they elected him to the toronto battling a rare and

it's 72 in leesburg right now. i'm just going to move forward. here's what to expect tonight. 65 by 9:00. 63 at 10:00. if you're making some evening plans, it is much milder than it was this time last night. last night we dropped into the 50's and early morning temperatures were in the 30's and 40's. so expect temperatures to gradually warm in the coming days. tomorrow the 80's, but wouldn't you know it, rain chances are returning. chances, ladies, in just a little bit. >> ginger: i think you're thinking about being out at the beach. i can't blame you. >> what am i doing here? >> ginger: it's nice. thank you, troy. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. just search wkmg in your app store. >> lisa: dry conditions sparked a few problems for firefighters in orange county this afternoon. sky 6 flew over a fire that gutted a vacant building on clark street in apopka. the flames then spread to some grass behind the building. the fire is now out. fire/rescue is investigating t

we will climb to 78 in dunnellon today. leesburg and apopka. 80 in sanford, 79 deltona. we will be the upper 70' s and lower 80' s of the coast. 78 are high in daytona beach and 81 in melbourne. time to get a traffic update, good morning ted. ted: 408 on the d.o.t. camera and we saw the act of construction zone with a left lane taken out. can' t really see it as no cars are passing by. a median there where the lane' s block. also turnpike, lots of roadwork this morning. before osceola parkway you will lose a left lane. lane blocked. , a left lane blocked as well. s goal student yesterday. child was walking home from riverside elementary. he fell from a pipe and into a canal. area. alex, is there being done to keep these kids from going near alex: that is what we will be working to find out if you take a look at the gate here. it is really not that tall at all. that is what officials say this child did yesterday. when he fell into the canal. on the school side, there will be crisis counselors on hand for students in the district. the district says it will happen as long a

tomorrow the park's parent plans to revitalize the property to leaders. >>> the city of leesburg is set to get $6 million for new improvement projects around the city and that money comes from gas fund reserves. it will fund projects like a new swimming pool, community building, and unification products -- purification projects the >>> you may be saving some money the next time you send a letter because the life -- price of the state going down. >> the price of a first-class stamp will drop from $.49 -- price of the state going down. >> the price of a first-class stamp will drop from $.49-$.47. in 2014, the post office temporarily reached the price to bring in $4.6 billion for the last time the cost of a stamp went down, 1919. that was a good year. >>> ucf is still fighting for funding to build the campus in downtown orlando. >> the big donation that just came in and critical approval right now on eyewitness news this morning police in sanford are trying to find out what happened but -- when a juvenile showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound and later died. we are asking about th

in leesburg. this comes as another virginia community comes to grips with the scourge of a drug that cost two children their parents. northern virginia bureau chief life with that story in stafford. jeff, sobering stuff. jeff: this is terrible, leon. right now, william moore, 39 years old remains at the happ regional -- the rappahannock regional jail without bond, following murder following the death of his wife from heroin overdose. two young children, their father is in jail and their mother is gone. >> she did whatever she could to help other people out. jeff: this friend of 28-year-old ashley moore who does not want to reveal her identity called ashley a loving mother and wife who often spoke out against heroin. >> that is what was so shocking to me. the know heroin was across street for us. jeff: early on the mo february 26, authorities say 39-year-old william moore called 911 saying his wife overdosed at their home. moore later admitting he had given ashley the fatal shot. moore has been cha

find your neighborhood, daytona beach, 49 by morning, palm coast 47, leesburg, 49, deland, 48. early morning temperatures and if i did not list your neighborhood, see the number and your forecast down the street level with your free wftv weather app . marina jurica will be on eyewitness news from 57 7 am and they will tell you how cool it is in the neighborhood as you step out. these are high temperatures. the recent warnings have been around here and the high temperatures tomorrow was sunshine and upper 60s and that is it area wide for brevard county down to sumter and marion. this is tomorrow night into tuesday morning. the coolest weather will -- we will have all week. another long time before it is cool again. 39 ocala, 46 orlando, after that if you do not like the cool air and many don't, it temperature trend back to the 60s by friday morning. will we have the morning in the 60s, the afternoon climbs to the 80s. five-day forecast where the weekend is always in view. the next few mornings, chilly with a lot of sunshine and tomorrow's breezy. back to 80 on wednesday. thursda

. >> reporter: it would have moved about 1,900 students, concentrating students from downtown leesburg into two neighborhood elementary schools that would then have a majority of low to moderate-income students and heavily latino. many currently ride buses to schools further away. translator said she feels those schools are better and wants things to stay the same. >> they decide to go to university and to have a good education, too. they are the future of this country. >> reporter: others felt the board should keep kids in their own neighborhoods and improve those schools. >> i support 12 because it fosters proximate neighborhood schools community and stability for everybody. >> reporter: some were upset that parents in the affected neighborhood did not get sufficient information about the proposal. parent lydia pello printed fliers in spanish to help them. >> yes, they did understand very well, and they wanted to stay in their schools because they formed relationships in those schools and they're succeeding in those schools. >> reporter: county board members warned that with the rapi

that will be the order today, 20 to 25 miles per hour gusts. 48 leesburg. when you factor in the winds, it feels chilly. lots of sunshine. temperatures about 60 degrees which is only a few degrees below average. a check on traffic. good morning, larry. >> good morning. we are doing well around the beltway. no issues on the greenway this morning. traveling southbound o way to college park a smooth ride. a live look at the wilson bridge between oxon hill and alexandria, no issues this morning. traffic is light around the entire region. weather and traffic returns shortly with an update on the conditions around town. we will send it over to you. >> thank you, larry. >>> breaking overnight a hijacking is unfolding. there may be a bomb on board the plane. >> it took off from alexandria bound for cairo but the ridgers diverted the plane to cypress. once on out ground, the hijacker allowed dozens to disembark accept for the crew and four foreign travelers. we will bring you additional details as we get them. >>> indonesia's foreign ministry said ten citizens are b

temperature reading in palm coast right now is 75. 81 in the villages. 79 in leesburg. 79 in orlando. cocoa beach, 75. 80 is the current reading right now in melbourne. 24-hour temperature change, 2 degrees cooler right now than we were yesterday at the same time. at the cape, we're 5 degrees cooler. wind speeds tonight, 7 miles per hour in orlando. it is still breezy. there's the rain in new orleans right now, all the way up to atlanta. stuff to stay away. i don't think it's going to rock and roll tonight. there could be some rain. 7 a.m. tomorrow morning, just before sunrise, any moisture should have pushed into orlando and osceola and brevard counties, by 8:00, 9, 10:00. by 10:00, it's over. saturday the onshore flow could bring a coastal spritz of rain, but that's it. 56 in ocala. 61 in sanford. 61 in melbourne and the overnight low in orlando, 62. here's tomorrow. we've got the shot of rain, but that's before sunrise in orlando and just after, farther to the south and east. by noon tomorrow, sunny, 74. the daytime high is cooler than today. we'll bottom out at 62 and rebound to 7

warm in fredericksburg. 65. 66 in leesburg. tonight high clouds. cold tonight. the winds turning south. overnight lows are 45 to 51 degrees. it will turn warmer and then cooler for the weekend. the reason is the change in the wind direction. with the winds out of the southwest tomorrow it will be in lower 70's. near 80 on friday. afternoon shower friday, morning showers and thunderstorms. over the weekend we will turn breezy. 60 on saturday. very chilly. sunshine and highs only near 50 degrees for the day on sunday. seven-day forecast, steve rudin have that 20 minutes from now. make it 15. michelle? michelle: thank you. new developments in the race for the white house today. plain in wisconsin looking for -- police in wisconsin looking for two men one is believed to have sexual assaulted a 15-year-old girl at a donald trump rally. the man groped a girl and when he pushed her away another man pepper sprayed her in the face. this the latest in a series of violent altercation at trump events in recent months. jonathan: a new poll shows senator cruz with a commandin

26 in leesburg? ouch. see you in a minute. >>> tonight, a mother is reacting to the news that the man accused of killing her daughter is planning to enter a plea in that case. the man's name is jesse matthew. he is expected to plead guilty tomorrow, in the deaths of morgan harrington and hannah graham. both were college students, they were abducted and murdered in charlottesville, virginia, years apart. harrington's parents have waited more than six years for justice. >> justice for morgan, for us, an end point to this process. rather than it being infinite. so there's finality. as well as accountability. that he will admit blame. >> it is unclear right now whether matthew will admit guilt or make another plea. which would allow him to maintain that he is innocent. matthew is already serving a life sentence for sex assault in fairfax county. >>> an unusual situation and fine in fairfax county. police say they arrested michael stride yesterday after somebody reported bullets being fired into their house on

right now in orlando, we're at 81. 81 in melbourne and 76 degrees in leesburg. kind of breezy, too, with winds from the west at 17 in orlando right now. take a look at other temperatures across the area. 77 in ocala. 77 in the villages and 80 in sanford. down along the coast, 82 at the cape. 81 from cocoa beach to melbourne and 78 in daytona beach. almost time to get the cycles running and get out there. today we did it, 1 degree warmer than we were yesterday in the afternoon. 4 degrees cooler in the villages it in with the cloud cover. a little cooler air in spots. not everyone is seeing it yet. but you will. visible satellite image is showing you exactly where the front is. it's worked its way in across the panhandle and into the viewing area right now. the pre-frontal cloud cover doesn't amount to a whole lot. we're not firing up any showers, no lightning, no rain. we back it out here on the infrared shot. we're clear from atlanta to jackson, mississippi as well. there's no big axe ction with this. no fanfare. by 8 a.m., tomorrow morning, remnant clouds. we'l

we will see a mix of sun and clouds. 79 and dunnellon today. 81 and leesburg and apopka. we will climb to -- 82 in st. cloud. we will get just a little bit of a breeze off the ocean. we will climb to 80 for the high in daytona beach. let' s get a traffic update, ted ted: covering breaking news in brevard county at i-95 southbound. a car crash by the pined a causeway extension. state road 40 -- 404. they are allowing traffic to get on the offramp there. we are -- were the green arrows are laid out is the alternate. take the 404 two wycombe, with them to oh gallie. . we will talk about construction and that part of i-95 in a crash in osceola coming up. jason: there is a fire alert to tell you about this morning. officials saying there is a increased risk of firefighters. michelle: you can smell the smoke after fires threatened several homes in the oak hill area of volusia county. alex villareal' s live there this morning. how high is the risk for another fire today? put the forest fire danger at moderate this morning for today for march 1. we will be watching for that. that

two hours ago these showers were in leesburg and manassas. a couple of showers after dinner, walking the dog. temperature-wise a bargain. 68 downtown. 67 in silver spring and fairfax. by morning, a couple of showers here and there. it's green so it's shade of light tivity. a little different from yesterday's futurecast when it was really kind of stirring things up a bit. enough to wet the roads. by 9:00, look at the temps, 68 in sterling. 68 in dumfries and dale city. this is nice. by 1:00, notice the breaks in the clouds. sunshine from time to time t. more showers develop to the west. a little yellow showing up to the west of frederick. heavier activity. by 6:00, 24 hours from now, futurecast has us partly cloudy with a slight chance of a shower with temperatures in the upper 70s across the board. we are looking at kind of a wild day tomorrow but not a wash out. with temps that warm, i don't know, i think most folks would take it. day planner, 68 at 9:00. 71 at 11:00 and 74 at 1:00 with a few showers and fios is not cable. we're wired differ

we have rain we have snow in leesburg. we have snow out -- temperatures in the 40s. 46 in culpepper now. looking at 45 in silver spring and 44 in fairfax. by 3:30 on saturday this is snow. may be -- this may be a bit over done. i think along i-95 west it'll be snow. more rain south and east. temperature wise in the 40s. just can't accumulate. even in the mountains can't. really hard this time of year with the sun angle to get snow to accumulate during the day. at night a better chance. by seven we are looking at temperatures temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s you could probably go head and go out on saturday night. just roads will be wet. day planner. rain by 11. west of town. rain here which one about 43 degrees. next seven days we have rain and snow, rain and snow. 48 on monday. isolated snow or rain shower and then looking at 50s on tuesday and then here we go. near 70 wednesday, low 70s thursday and 70 on friday. friday going to go from talking about snow to perhaps a thunderstorm. >>> a popular navigation app r

a couple of snow showers through montgomery, fairfax and leesburg. a couple of slick spots, yes, but not a huge event. not prowable. not sleddable. i don't think meter either. 40 downtown. 40 in silver spring and fairfax. more breaks in the clouds by 6:00. a couple of showers may develop in the shenandoah valley by this time tomorrow with temperatures above freezing. snow shutting off by 7:00. back up to 40. increasing sun by 1:00. into saturday and sunday a couple of rain or snow showers possible saturday night, 48. kind of cool sunday, but sunny, 50. then here comes spring. 60 monday. 70 tuesday. low 70s wednesday. dry. good time to wash the car. low 60s thursday with showers returning. >>> now wusa 9 game on sports brought 20u by ex finiti. >> fear the turtle report. terps hosting illinois. time >> sports anchor joins us with the unique story of one maryland senior. hey, kristin. >> reporter: big game for the terps against illinois looking to finish strong into the tournament. it's about the seniors and the team's unsung heros so to speak. vernon

going to be most of the rain with showers and wawe see right now with moderate rain stretching from leesburg through lake catherine. you can see eustis and isolated showers and port orange and i- 95 and the i- but further south through daytona and new smyrna beach, everyone dealing with moderate rain as well. further south through clermont and near the roster and it is to see scattered showers through the bulk and then it is going to the north and then it is going to be expected for today. then it is going to see through them with the front that clears. and then it is going to the first spring front. and then temperatures are going to take a drop and then it' s timing with the front. >> breaking news overnight in orlando. orange county deputies investigating the deadly shooting at the diamond club at north cimarron boulevard. this is video just coming in from the scene. when deputies arrived they say they found 3 male victims with gunshot wounds. scene and two men taken to the hospital in critical condition. initial reports say 3 motorcycle groups may have been involved in a fight prior to t

let youkl know when anything else popsg e up that could slow us d this morning.this in loudoun county leesburg pike an incident seven westci closed with crash investigation at augusta drive. drive. detouring traffic at lakeland drive. if you're heading for an earlyar ghrning flight traffic on theli way to reagan national dullesata and bwi is flowing freely. bw parkway northbound dealingor with nice quiet conditionscond despite the drizzle.. back to you. >> ♪ >> coming up at 5:00 the prince george's county policee'e department grieving the lossri of one of its own shot and killed on the job. >> the tragedy sparkingpark heartache and outrage. outge. we're live with the latest including how communityinho leaders are reacting. reain >> first a quick check on theck stock market. asian stocks rose as u.s. stocks celebrated their firstirf four week winning streak since november.vemb u.s. futures rupp thi are up ths morning. we're back right after this. look at this sweet face. so sweet. ok, we're going to need a napkin gooey, flaky, happy. toaster strudel. i would kill for something sweet. wanna sp

crash low this morning and tracking this one on dulles toll road tie sops westbound leesburg pike few lanes there and gw parkway southbound approaching spout run parkway and you're backed up well norm of 23. as you head to de bridge give yourself plenty of extra time as well. key bridge backs up to georgetown. typical congestion typical congestion gorge street. douglass bridge backs up. 95 southbound delays to beltway and gw southbound crash powder mill more delays. more traffic in a few. back to you guys. >> occupational safety and health administration is investigating a deadly workplace incident that happened at a food warehouse in mannasas and authorities say one person died and several others required injured when an aisle of steel pallet racks holding boxes of frozen food came crashing down. no world from authorities on identity of the victim or what caused deadly collapse. >> police are investigating a violent attack on a popular trail. >> police say 15 kids attacked a man on metropolitan branch trail northeast d.c. yesterday. right now authorities are looking for those involve

leesburg as wind gusts at 28 miles per hour. satellite and radar no problems out there for the evening. if you are checking out the cherry blossoms it will stay dry. clouds will be on the increase a bit. early this evening, going outside, going for a walk, fantastic. pull things out a little bit for you. this is a cold front that will track east as we move through the overnight. it arrives here tomorrow morning. just in time for the rush a little wet pavement around here can go a long way in causing delays. 58 to 63 for overnight low. tracking the cold front through the overnight morning hours. but by noontime when the kids go outside for lunch and you may have your lunch break, skies will begin to clear. it stays mild with cooler air on the way for the end of the week. temperatures tomorrow will make it up to just around 70 degrees. the answer for the quiz. 1912 is when the first cherry trees were sent to washington from japan. scott: thank you, steve. headaches for metro riders after a teenage girl intentionally jumped onto th

to domestic violence call the schaffer office is hosting a blood drive he loudoun county office in leesburg. two officers are recovering well according the prince william kouxty police. meanwhile, officer jessie hemton is back home with family shared this photo of him leaving the you it's extremely nice to walk out of the than nothing but a beautiful sunset. forecast for today up to 58 by 8 a.m. sunny skies. warm conditions. through the day today. and temperatures will go from the 70s up the lower 80s. overrulely in town today, we're going to go for a high temperature of 80. i'm not going to push my luck. i'm going to stop right. there it's time for erin and traffic on this wednesday morning. . >> well, 4:36 right now and obviously gary mentioned, fearing up to be a beautiful day and if you're just starting to wake up and think about hea heading out, 95 northbound moving nicely in garrisonville. not seeing slow downs, plenty of green on the map prince william. same story closer to bottom the beltway good across the wilson bridge upper loop and outer loop looking good and we have ongoing con

orlando has been close. 64 in leesburg and 62 in winter haven. we will recover today even though there is a cold front that will push through from north to south during the day today. we are still headed to 80 in leesburg and apopka. 81 in ocoee and maitland, 82 in celebration and along the coast upper 70' s and lower 80' s as well. we will talk more about that possibility for rain today coming up. let' s get a traffic check. ted: the chopper has arrived to a bad crash right now. we have a vehicle on its side. it is just before howell branch road. consider heading to your west using 1792 -- 17-92 as your backup. obt at lancaster road on the blocking. your backup plan would be to use john young parkway for obt and oak ridge road for your alternate for lancaster. on 436, this is noteworthy if you are going to be traveling into indian river county on i-95. 95 blocked off in both directions in between cells near road and state road 60. jason: students will be walking to school near the canal where a student nearly drowned yesterday. michelle: that st

leesburg pike shut down. crash investigation at augustaaa drive. a lot of congestion with thisget rain. of those routes next. n that's yanks erin.hank >>> coming up at 6:30 remembering a prince george'se s county police officer gunned down on the job and then th outrage it's creating ong o social media. >> plus, did you fill out your u bracket yet allison seymour? all >> i did not yet. i think i'll doing thereere again. >> we're breaking down the ncaa matchups and taking as look at how things look for the local squads >> 6:30 and we're back now with breaking news from metreded center as crews try to clearryo smoke from the system in thatomt area.t cew, the best case scenario here to get those trainss single tracking at some point.oo there was a cable fire.le f it caused smoke in the tunnel. good news, nobody was hurt.ur our bob barnard is headed toeade that scene. s we'll check in with bob ash bob soon as he gets there. tre. >>> erin will have another update in just a couple of o minutes. welcome back to fox5 news morning. in >>> first though in th

look at the numbers. 41 degrees right now d.c. 41 in fredericksburg. 41 in leesburg. so as the snow falls, it will melt on contact, at least early. again, tomorrow morning a little bit of a different story. i'm going to have much more on what to expect early tomorrow morning and i just updated our snowfall total map. how much snow will you see in your area? my forecast in just a bit. >> all right, doug. >>> road crews in our area are already getting ready for the storm. d.c. mayor muriel bowser announced an hour ago that the city's snow team will deploy about 9:00 tonight. vdot has started pretreating the roads. it has about 700 trucks ready. vdot is staging the trucks along the roads so they are ready for the evening and the morning rush hours. now, you're encouraged to delay the morning commute if possible. and, of coue, those days where having a weather alert set on your nbc washington app is a good idea. set it to your home screen on the nbc washington app so you can track current conditions. you can also get the latest on any school delays as they come in. chris,

the temperatures are in the 60's. 66 in leesburg, manassas fredericksburg. western zone. 50 degree low. forecast for winchester and ashburn. southerly winds. 50 degree by college park. the southern zone is mild from 40's to low 50's. warmer weather. security is tightening up across the district. it may affect how you get around town for the roads will stay closed until noon on saturday. biking and walking around is restricted. the metro buses around the area and the trains are not stoppal at the convention center. it includes ten-foot tall barricade. we have a list of everything fected by the summit on wjla.com. alison: two weeks after the rail system was shut down for a day there is a new warning to tell you about. drastic action such as the shutting down an entire line for months is not out of the question. brianne carter covering metro for us tonight. >> today paul wiedefeld says the m to deal with the hard truths. we may have got a glimpse for what he is talking about. gates like this may have to road with the possibility of a multi-day closure on part o

if you were north of there you picked up rain, south of there didn't get the rain. 69 in leesburg, and just -- it is really, really nice. the cooler air is leeching in. tonight especially gainesville and ocala running about 13-14 cooler tonight compared to last night at this very same time. wind direction for the most part coming in from the north but it is light so later on tonight near calm wind. during the day tomorrow, and also for sunday, boating weather looking really nice. the breeze is light and we will have all of this sunshine and of course the humidity is remaining quite low. great visibility downtown 74 and north wind at 11 miles per hour. temperatures drop off quick after sunset. down to 52-54 late tonight. later this evening, light jacket or sweater in order, and we are expecting the light breeze from the northeast. clear, pleasant weather tonight. fantastic weather through the weekend. next week the warmest weather of the year with temperatures possibly getting into the 81 in miami but 63 toward jacksonville. so cooler air is moving through. here is a replay of the showe

daytona beach and out to just shy of leesburg. northern sumter and it gets dense and thick at the i-95 corridor. and a bunch of kids are out at the bus stop so slow it down. we have a degree shy of a record tie at orlando international. it went 90 on the high. the record was 91. we were this close. and today we'll be this close again. it looks like again right now high canopy, cirrus clouds. the low clouds and dense fog may do a doozy on the sun potential early. then we clear it out. dry skies and close to 90ish by 2:00 p.m., and 85 for the drive home at 5:00 p.m. 80s for highs and down we go by next monday. a departing front produces rain chances. 71 for the high on monday. and back down to 50 for it's lows with no chance of rain. here's kristin with live drive traffic. >> kristin: good morning. at sea world, we have eyes on a crash at 192, a fatal crash at 192 and fair winds. here are your drive times. road to downtown will take 4 minutes. >> john: an iconic mansion in cocoa beach burned. >> amy: it happened on 3rd` street and a

hazy sunshine and here is the numbers. 45 in ocala, 48 in palm coast, 51 in leesburg and daytona beach , and we have dropped to 55 in melbourne and in winter haven. the winds are fairly light if not call him but they will shift around and come out of the south so that and a little sunshine is all we need for those temperatures to return to the lower 80' s. a few or two warmer than we were yesterday. 82 in claremont . 82 longwood and oviedo, 83 in st. cloud. along the coast, upper 70' s, lower 80' s, cooler north, warmer south. a breeze coming off the water will keep cocoa beach at 79 and wind will shift to the south and climb to our inland spots this afternoon. this is the rain on the way. we have a cold front that is going to approach late night tonight. during the day, we are dry, we are good. clouds start to increase after midnight and then rain starts to show up about 3:00 in the morning or so. showers will push to the south during the morning commute tomorrow. it will not be widespread that notice there will be several spots that get rain. commute, most of the rain is gone and dri

leesburg out towards manassas, herndon area, fairfax, 36. la plata 35 to start early tomorrow morning. that's chilly. we could see frost which is why we say wait to plan. wait until we get at least the mid-part of april the average day of the last freeze is april 10th to 20th. april 20th to 30 for winchester, leesburg and luray. prep the ground. something you can do now. kids off of school a one is solar powered. >> our class created a safety alert system for the washington old dominion trail or any remote trail. at the police station we have this master mode. on the trail if you press the button it would indicate to police you need help. >> now the final design more closely resembles the aesthetics of the trail. you can help loudoun valley students win by voting on instagram and twitter once a day through the 31st of this vote. you have to use and #samsungsolvelvhs. >> this is chris gordon in alexandria, virginia. a viewer sent us an e-mail today saying his mother lives on the fifth floor of this apartment building and has not had elevator